Biological interface system with thresholded configuration
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1. A biological interface system comprising:
- a sensor comprising a plurality of electrodes for detecting multicellular signals emanating from one or more living cells of a patient;
a processing unit configured to receive the multicellular signals from the sensor, process the multicellular signals to produce a processed signal, and transmit the processed signal to a controlled device;
the controlled device for receiving the processed signal; and
an integrated patient training routine performed to generate one or more system configuration parameters used by the processing unit to produce the processed signal, the patient training routine comprising;
a system configuration plan comprising a first configuration of steps to be performed;
means for collecting a first set of patient data, the first set of patient data collected prior to patient control of either the controlled device or a controlled device surrogate;
means for analyzing the first set of patient data and providing an output of the analysis; and
means for modifying the system configuration plan;
wherein the system configuration plan is modified when the output of the analysis of the first set of patient data falls below a success threshold value.
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Abstract
A system and method for a biological interface system that processes multicellular signals of a patient and controls one or more devices is disclosed. The system includes a sensor that detects the multicellular signals and a processing unit for producing the control signal based on the multicellular signals. The system further includes an automated configuration routine that is used to set or modify the value of one or more system configuration parameters.
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1. A biological interface system comprising:
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a sensor comprising a plurality of electrodes for detecting multicellular signals emanating from one or more living cells of a patient;
a processing unit configured to receive the multicellular signals from the sensor, process the multicellular signals to produce a processed signal, and transmit the processed signal to a controlled device;
the controlled device for receiving the processed signal; and
an integrated patient training routine performed to generate one or more system configuration parameters used by the processing unit to produce the processed signal, the patient training routine comprising;
a system configuration plan comprising a first configuration of steps to be performed;
means for collecting a first set of patient data, the first set of patient data collected prior to patient control of either the controlled device or a controlled device surrogate;
means for analyzing the first set of patient data and providing an output of the analysis; and
means for modifying the system configuration plan;
wherein the system configuration plan is modified when the output of the analysis of the first set of patient data falls below a success threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106)
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107. A biological interface system comprising:
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a sensor comprising a plurality of electrodes for detecting multicellular signals emanating from one or more living cells of a patient;
a processing unit configured to receive the multicellular signals from the sensor, process the multicellular signals to produce a processed signal, and transmit the processed signal to a controlled device;
the controlled device for receiving the processed signal; and
an integrated patient training routine performed to generate one or more system configuration parameters used by the processing unit to produce the processed signal, the patient training routine comprising;
a system configuration plan comprising a first configuration of steps to be performed;
means for collecting a first set of patient data, wherein the first set of patient data does not include data of the patient controlling either the controlled device or a controlled device surrogate;
means for analyzing the first set of patient data and providing an output of the analysis; and
means for modifying the system configuration plan;
wherein the system configuration plan is modified when the output of the analysis of the first set of patient data falls below a success threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212)
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160. The system of claim 160, wherein at least two multiple values are compared to the threshold value.
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161. The system of claim 161, wherein the at least two multiple values are compared to different threshold values.
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213. A method of configuring a biological interface system, the method comprising:
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providing a biological interface system comprising;
a sensor comprising a plurality of electrodes for detecting multicellular signals emanating from one or more living cells of a patient;
a processing unit configured to receive the multicellular signals from the sensor, process the multicellular signals to produce a processed signal, and transmit the processed signal to a controlled device;
the controlled device for receiving the processed signal; and
an integrated patient training routine performed to generate one or more system configuration parameters used by the processing unit to produce the processed signal, the patient training routine comprising;
a system configuration plan comprising a first configuration of steps to be performed;
means for collecting and analyzing a first set of patient data, the first set of patient data not including data involving patient control of the controlled device or a controlled device surrogate;
means for modifying the system configuration plan;
wherein the system configuration plan is modified when the output of the analysis of the first set of patient data falls below a success threshold value;
collecting and analyzing the first set of patient data to produce an analysis output;
comparing the analysis output to the success threshold value; and
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modifying the system configuration plan if the analysis output falls below the success threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219)
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